a concrete provocation effect. In June 2021 the Innenministerkonferenz (the Federal Interior Minister and the state interior ministers) published a decree extending the Bremen style prohibitions of 2020 to all of Germany. The prohibition includes various Imperial War Flags (), but also the simple black-white-red Imperial flag of 1871–1918 and 1933–1935 when used in a provocative context. This last round of prohibition decrees (since September 2020) was triggered by an event on 29 August 2020 when a right-wing demonstration escalated into an attempted storming of the Reichstag building. The majority of the flags shown were variations of the Imperial black-white-red. Thomas Strobl, head of the Innenministerkonferenz, was quoted as saying that these flags are the modern ersatz go-to for what would else be swastika flags and should be understood as such. United States In the United States, conversely, American-founded white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan have used the Reichskriegsfahne side-by-side with the Confederate "battle flag" at their gatherings at times. As the public display of Nazi flags within the United States is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which guarantees the right to freedom of speech, sights like the Nazi and Confederate "rebel flag" together at white supremacist events are also legally protected free speech in the United States. Gallery See also Blutfahne Flag of Nazi Germany Flag of Germany Personal standard of Adolf Hitler Notes References Davis, Brian Leigh, and Malcolm McGregor (2000). Flags of the Third Reich. Oxford, England: Osprey Publishing Company. . External links The History of the Imperial German War Flag 1867—1921 Imperial German Army Colours Flags of Germany Flags with crosses Naval ensigns Military flags Military of Nazi Germany Military of the German Empire Symbols of Nazi Germany Fascist symbols Nazi symbolism